Words of wisdom and inspiration

[BB-M]

Adda ammo yo nga napintas nga estorya? Napintas kayat ko nga sawen daytay makapasalibukag ti rikna. I-share yo man met ditoy nu adda. Iyonakon ngem pasarunuan yo wen.

THE ROPE

The story tells about a mountain climber, who wanted to climb the highest mountain.
He begun his adventure after many years of preparation, but becuase he wanted the glory just for himself, he decided to climb the mountain alone.

The night felt heavy in the heights of the mountain, and the man could not see anything. All was black. Zero visibility, and the moon and the stars were covered by the clouds.

As he was climbing, only a few feet away from the top of the mountain, he slipped and fell into the air, falling at a great speed. The climber could only see black spots as he went down, and the terrible sensation of being sucked by gravity.
He kept falling... and in those moments of great fear, it came to his mind all the good and bad episodes of his life.

He was thinking now how close death was getting, when all of a sudden he felt the rope tied to his waist pull him very hard.
His body was hanging in the air... only the rope was holding him, and in that moment of stillness, he had no other choice but to scream:
HELP ME GOD!!!

All of a sudden, a deep voice coming from the sky answered:
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?

Save me God!
The man answered.

Do you really think I can save you?
The voice asked.

Of course I believe you can!
The man yelled back, terrified.

Then cut the rope tied to your waist.....



There was a moment of silence, and the man decided to hold on to the rope with all his strength.

The next day, the rescue team tells that a climber was found dead and frozen.... his body hanging from a rope, his hands holding tight to it...




ONLY 10 FEET AWAY FROM THE GROUND...

[daguerrson]

Adda ammo yo nga napintas nga estorya? Napintas kayat ko nga sawen daytay makapasalibukag ti rikna. I-share yo man met ditoy nu adda. Iyonakon ngem pasarunuan yo wen.

THE ROPE

The story tells about a mountain climber, who wanted to climb the highest mountain.
He begun his adventure after many years of preparation, but becuase he wanted the glory just for himself, he decided to climb the mountain alone.

The night felt heavy in the heights of the mountain, and the man could not see anything. All was black. Zero visibility, and the moon and the stars were covered by the clouds.

As he was climbing, only a few feet away from the top of the mountain, he slipped and fell into the air, falling at a great speed. The climber could only see black spots as he went down, and the terrible sensation of being sucked by gravity.
He kept falling... and in those moments of great fear, it came to his mind all the good and bad episodes of his life.

He was thinking now how close death was getting, when all of a sudden he felt the rope tied to his waist pull him very hard.
His body was hanging in the air... only the rope was holding him, and in that moment of stillness, he had no other choice but to scream:
HELP ME GOD!!!

All of a sudden, a deep voice coming from the sky answered:
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?

Save me God!
The man answered.

Do you really think I can save you?
The voice asked.

Of course I believe you can!
The man yelled back, terrified.

Then cut the rope tied to your waist.....



There was a moment of silence, and the man decided to hold on to the rope with all his strength.

The next day, the rescue team tells that a climber was found dead and frozen.... his body hanging from a rope, his hands holding tight to it...




ONLY 10 FEET AWAY FROM THE GROUND...

That's one terrific anecdote, BB-M, and illustrative of how faith and fate works on man. We need more of this kind of stories.

[Unai]

10 feet from the ground?
Tsk, tsk, tsk...

He didn't believe God can save him after all.

[touchstone]

WHERE YOU ARE!

In his book "Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace," Kent Nerbum writes
about his experience driving a cab for a living. He remembers one
night in particular when he received a call at 2:30AM to go to a
small brick fourplex. Thinking he was going to pick up some late
night party goers or someone who had just had a fight with his or
her spouse, he was surprised when a small woman in her eighties
answered the door.


She wore a print dress and an old fashioned pillbox hat. By her side
was a small nylon suitcase. The apartment was empty, except for a few
pieces of furniture covered with sheets and a cardboard box filled
with photos and glassware. The driver picked up her bag and helped
her to the cab. She gave him the address and then asked, "Could you
drive through downtown?"


"It's not the shortest way," he answered, "Oh, I don't mind," she
said, "I'm in no hurry. I'm on my way to a hospice. I don't have any
family left. The doctor says I don't have very long."


The driver reached over and shut off the meter. "What route would you
like me to go?"


For the next two hours, they drove through the city. She pointed out
the building where she worked as an elevator operator, the house
where she and her late husband lived as newlyweds, the furniture
store that was once a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.
Sometimes she'd ask to slow down in front of a particular building
or corner, where she would just sit staring into the darkness,
saying nothing. As dawn broke over the horizon, she said, "I'm
tired. Let's go now."


They drove to the small house that served as the hospice. Two
attendants came and helped her out of the cab and took her bag. She
asked the driver how much she owed for the fare. "Nothing," he said
"But you have to make a living," she insisted. "There are other
passengers," he replied.


Almost without thinking, he bent over and gave her a hug. She held
him lightly. "You gave an old woman a little moment of joy," she
said."Thank you."


Then, in the dim morning light, he watched as she walked into the
hospice.


Kent Nerbum remembers; "We are so conditioned to think that our lives
revolve around great moments. But great moments often catch us
unaware.

When that woman hugged me and said that I brought her a moment of
joy,it was possible to believe that I had been placed on earth for
the sole purpose of providing her with that last ride. I do not
think that I have done anything in my life more important." The most
ordinary and mundane aspects of our lives, our day-to-day struggles
to make a living and to make sense out of those struggles can become
moments when the works of God are made visible through us.

[zachzech]

"Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in the due time: casting all your cares upon Him; for He cares for you." 1 Peter 5:6-7[/u]

[touchstone]

PRAYING THE ORDINARY - September 22

The discovery of God lies in the daily and the ordinary, not in the spectacular and the heroic. If we cannot find God in the routines of home and shop, then we will not find Him at all. Ours is to be a symphonic piety in which all the activities of work and play and family and worship and sex are the only habitats of the eternal.
- A Day Brightener

[SuperMario]

DIRECTIONS TO HIS HOUSE

Make a Right onto "Believeth Blvd." Keep
straight and go through the Green
Light, which is Jesus Christ.

From there, you must turn onto the "Bridge
of Faith," which is >over troubled
water. When you get off the bridge, make a
Right turn and Keep Straight.
You are on the "King's Highway" - Heaven-bound.
Keep going for three miles:
One for the Father, One for the Son, and
One for the Holy Ghost.

Then exit off onto "Grace Blvd."
From there, make a Right turn on "Gospel
Lane."
Keep Straight and then make another Right on
"Prayer Blvd."
As you go on your way, Yield Not to the
traffic on "Temptation Ave." Also, avoid SIN
STREET because it is a DEAD END.

Pass up "Envy Drive," and "Have Avenue."
Also, pass "Hypocrisy Street,"
"Gossiping Lane," and "Backbiting Blvd."
But you have to go down "Long-suffering
Lane, Persecution Blvd.," and "Trials and
Tribulations Ave." But that's all right, because
VICTORY Blvd is straight ahead!
AMEN!!
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SEND THESE DIRECTIONS TO YOUR FRIENDS
SO THEY WILL NOT GET LOST.

Every one keep your spirits up! Be a
blessing!

[touchstone]

For the next nine days, I will have to make some very critical
choices. I will start with this one: to choose love over bitterness.
As no occasion justifies hatred, no injustice warrants bitterness.
I choose love. Today I will love God and what God loves.
Hatred destroys. If bitterness is a poison then resentment is a
cancer. Bitterness destroys others while resentment destroys the self.
I can surrender every bit of hatred to the God of Love and
then, have Him replace all my hate with His love on this brand new
day.
A cornered rattlesnake can become so frenzied, that it can
actually bite itself with its own deadly fangs. In the same way, a
person harboring hatred and resentment in his heart can be hurt by
his own poisonous malice. He believes he is injuring his enemies by
displaying his wrath,but the real injury is inflicted deep in his own
soul.
Anger can also cause us to do and say things we may deeply
regret. George W. Martin gives the following account: "I remember a
fellow who once wrote a nasty letter to his father. Since we worked
in the same office, I advised him not to send it because it was
written in a fit of temper. But he sealed it and asked me to put it
in the mail. Instead, I simply slipped it into my pocket and kept it
until the next day. The following morning he arrived at the office
looking very worried. `George,' he said, `I wish I had
never sent that note to my dad yesterday. It hurts me deeply, and I
know it will break his heart when he reads it. I'd give 50 dollars to
get it back! Taking the envelope from my pocket, I handed it to him
and told him what I had done. He was so overjoyed that he actually
wanted to pay me the 50 dollars!"
By the way, make sure you don't do these two things
whenever you are angry:
Write a letter.
Write a memo.
Proverbs 15: 1: "A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a
harsh word stirs up anger."

by Francis Kong

[touchstone]

If the Devil were to write his Beatitudes, they would probably go
something like this:

Blessed are those who are too tired, too busy, too distracted to
spend an hour once a week with their fellow Christians in Church -
they are my best workers.

Blessed are those Christians who wait to be asked and expect to be
thanked - I can use them.

Blessed are the touchy, with a bit of luck they may stop going to
church - they are my missionaries.

Blessed are those who are very religious but get on everyone's
nerves - they are mine forever.

Blessed are the troublemakers ~ they shall be called my children.

Blessed are those who have no time to pray - they are easy prey for
me.

Blessed are the gossipers - for they are my secret agents.

Blessed are those critical of church leadership - for they shall
inherit a place with me in my fate.

Blessed are the complainers - I'm all ears for them.

Blessed are you when you read this and think it is about other
people and not yourself - I've got you.


-- Author Unknown

[touchstone]

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STRENGTH AND COURAGE

It takes strength to be firm.
It takes courage to be gentle.

It takes strength to stand guard.
It takes courage to let down your guard.

It takes strength to conquer
It takes courage to surrender.

It takes strength to be certain.
It takes courage to have doubt.

It takes strength to fit in.
It takes courage to stand out.

It takes strength to feel a friend's pain.
It takes courage to feel your own pain.

It takes strength to hide feelings.
It takes courage to show them.

It takes strength to endure abuse.
It takes courage to stop it.

It takes strength to stand alone.
It takes courage to lean on another.

It takes strength to love.
It takes courage to be loved.

It takes strength to survive.
It takes courage to live.

"....as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave
you nor forsake you. Be strong and of good courage...." (Joshua
1:5b-6a)

-- Author Unknown

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